The Americana Music Association has announced its year-end Top 100 Albums of the Year.
These are based on the records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of December 2, 2014 to November 30, 2015.
This year’s Top 100 most played albums are:
Artist Title
1. Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
2. JD McPherson Let The Good Times Roll
3. Brandi Carlile The Firewatcher’s Daughter
4. Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
5. Steve Earle & The Dukes Terraplane
6. Ray Wylie Hubbard The Ruffian’s Misfortune
7. Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material
8. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell The Traveling Kind
9. Chris Stapleton Traveller
10. Mavericks Mono
11. Robert Earl Keen Happy Prisoner – The Bluegrass Sessions
12. Ryan Bingham Fear And Saturday Night
13. Dwight Yoakam Second Hand Heart
14. Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Django and Jimmie
15. James McMurtry Complicated Game
16. Richard Thompson Still
17. Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow Is My Turn
18. Asleep at the Wheel Still The King, Celebrating The Music of Bob Wills
19. Calexico Edge Of The Sun
20. Eilen Jewell Sundown Over Ghost Town
21. Amy Helm Didn’t It Rain
22. Dale Watson Call Me Insane
23. Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Lost Time
24. Houndmouth Little Neon Limelight
25. Allison Moorer Down To Believing
26. Watkins Family Hour Watkins Family Hour
27. Rhett Miller The Traveler
28. Various Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes
29. Pokey LaFarge Something In The Water
30. Sonny Landreth Bound By The Blues
31. Patty Griffin Servant Of Love
32. Kasey Chambers Bittersweet
33. Uncle Lucius The Light
34. Ashley Monroe The Blade
35. Warren Haynes Featuring Railroad Earth Ashes & Dust
36. Leon Bridges Coming Home
37. John Moreland High On Tulsa Heat
38. Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues
39. Blackberry Smoke Holding All The Roses
40. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Medicine
41. Sam Outlaw Angeleno
42. Don Henley Cass County
43. Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
44. Joe Ely Panhandle Rambler
45. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats
46. Jimmy LaFave The Night Tribe
47. Lucinda Williams Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
48. Los Lobos Gates Of Gold
49. Statesboro Revue Jukehouse Revival
50. Mark Knopfler Tracker
51. The Bros. Landreth Let It Lie
52. Josh Ritter Sermon On The Rocks
53. Bottle Rockets South Broadway Athletic Club
54. The Mike & Ruthy Band Bright As You Can
55. Gretchen Peters Blackbirds
56. Whitey Morgan & The 78s Sonic Ranch
57. Will Hoge Small Town Dreams
58. Jorma Kaukonen Ain’t In No Hurry
59. Whitehorse Leave No Bridge Unburned
60. Langhorne Slim The Spirit Moves
61. Justin Townes Earle Absent Fathers
62. Turnpike Troubadours Turnpike Troubadours
63. The Deslondes The Deslondes
64. Milk Carton Kids Monterey
65. Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line Wake
66. Leftover Salmon High Country
67. Shelby Lynne I Can’t Imagine
68. J.J. Grey And Mofro Ol’ Glory
69. Laura Marling Short Movie
70. American Aquarium Wolves
71. Honeycutters Me Oh My
72. Daniel Romano If I’ve Only One Time Askin’
73. Jonathan Tyler Holy Smokes
74. Black Lillies Hard To Please
75. Shakey Graves And The War Came
76. Jackie Greene Back To Birth
77. Anne McCue Blue Sky Thinkin’
78. Wood Brothers Paradise
79. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Loved Wild Lost
80. The Grahams Glory Bound
81. Sugarcane Jane Dirt Road’s End
82. Glen Hansard Didn’t He Ramble
83. Steeldrivers The Muscle Shoals Recordings
84. Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds The Weather Below
85. Stoney LaRue Aviator
86. Sam Lewis Waiting On You
87. Honey Honey 3
88. Della Mae Della Mae
89. Darrell Scott 10 Songs of Ben Bullington
90. Dar Williams Emerald
91. Yonder Mountain String Band Black Sheep
92. Ryan Adams Ryan Adams
93. William Clark Green Ringling Road
94. Whitney Rose Heartbreaker Of The Year
95. Underhill Rose The Great Tomorrow
96. Liz Longley Liz Longley
97. Shawn Colvin Uncovered
98. Waifs Beautiful You
99. The Lone Bellow Then Came The Morning
100. Kentucky HeadHunters Meet Me In Blues Land
Meanwhile, Dave and Phil Alvin’s Lost Time has ended Jason Isbell’s record run at number one on the Americana radio station playlist charts for the week of 2 November 2015.
Follow the links for reviews or details of some of the albums listed here from Dave and Phil Alvin, The Bottle Rockets, Corb Lund, Lindi OrtegaChris Stapleton, and Joe Ely.
The Americana Airplay chart represents the reported play of terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated radio shows, satellite radio and internet stations who have agreed to submit weekly spin counts. For more information visit www.americanamusic.org.
Source: Americana Music Association
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